Bryophytes
Non-vascular land plants - liverworts, mosses, and hornworts.
The caladogram of orders, list of families within each order can be found in APG IV.
Info | Clade | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Distribution | Habitus |
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info F | ANA group | Amborellales | Amborellaceae | 1 | 1 | New Caledonia | sprawling shrubs |
info F | ANA group | Nymphaeales | Hydatellaceae | 1 | 10 | India, New Zealand and Australia | rather small more or less caespitose and often annual aquatic (submerged or not) herbs |
info F | ANA group | Nymphaeales | Cabombaceae | 2 | 6 | tropics | rather small-flowered waterlilies |
info F | ANA group | Nymphaeales | Nymphaeaceae | 5 | 70 | worldwide | quintessential waterlilies |
info F | ANA group | Austrobaileyales | Austrobaileyaceae | 1 | 2 | Australia | lianes |
info F | ANA group | Austrobaileyales | Schisandraceae | 3 | 92 | Sri Lanka and S. E. Asia to W. Malesia, S.E. U.S.A., E. Mexico, Greater Antilles | shrubs, small trees, lianes |
info F | ANA group | Austrobaileyales | Trimeniaceae | 1 | 6 | New Guinea and S.E. Australia to Fiji | trees or lianes |
info F | Magnoliids | Magnoliales | Myristicaceae | 20 | 475 | pantropical, few mainland Africa | trees |
info F | Magnoliids | Magnoliales | Magnoliaceae | 2 | 227 | tropical and subtropical regions of Americas, S.E. and E. Asia, Malesia | trees or shrubs |
info F | Magnoliids | Magnoliales | Degeneriaceae | 1 | 2 | Fiji, Viti Levu | shrubs |
info F | Magnoliids | Magnoliales | Himantandraceae | 1 | 2 | Celebes, New Guinea and N.E. Australia | trees |
info F | Magnoliids | Magnoliales | Eupomatiaceae | 1 | 2 | New Guinea and E. Australia | shrubs |
info F | Magnoliids | Magnoliales | Annonaceae | 129 | 2100 | pantropical, few warm temperate | trees, shrubs or lianas |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Calycanthaceae | 5 | 11 | E. Asia, North America, N.E. Australia | deciduous or evergreen shrubs to trees |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Siparunaceae | 2 | 75 | tropical America (Siparuna), W. Africa (Glossocalyx) | shrubs or lianes |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Gomortegaceae | 1 | 1 | C. Chile | aromatic plants |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Atherospermataceae | 6 | 25 | New Guinea to New Zealand, E. Australia, New Caledonia, Chile | broadleaf evergreen trees and shrubs |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Monimiaceae | 22 | 200 | tropics of S. hemisphere, esp. Australasia | lianes, shrubs or trees |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Hernandiaceae | 5 | 55 | pantropical | trees or lianes |
info F | Magnoliids | Laurales | Lauraceae | 50 | 2500 | tropical and warm temperate regions | diverse, also parasitic |
info F | Magnoliids | Canellales | Canellaceae | 5 | 13 | tropics of Americas and Africa incl. Madagascar | evergreen shrubs or trees |
info F | Magnoliids | Canellales | Winteraceae | 5 | 90 | scattered, esp. S. hemisphere, not lowland tropics | often rather small evergreen trees or shrubs |
info F | Magnoliids | Piperales | Aristolochiaceae | 8 | 490 | worldwide, not Arctic, mainly tropics and warm temperate regions | most are more or less herbaceous plants |
info F | Magnoliids | Piperales | Piperaceae | 5 | 3615 | pantropical | herbaceous habit |
info F | Magnoliids | Piperales | Saururaceae | 5 | 6 | esp. North America and E. Asia | herbs |
info F | independent lineage | Chloranthales | Chloranthaceae | 4 | 75 | tropics and subtropics | aromatic evergreen plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Acorales | Acoraceae | 1 | 3 | N. hemisphere | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Tofieldiaceae | 3 | 31 | N. hemisphere, incl. mountains of N. South America | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Araceae | 123 | 4150 | mostly tropical, but few Africa-Madagascar and Australia | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Alismataceae | 15 | 88 | worldwide | laticiferous, aquatic herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Butomaceae | 1 | 1 | temperate Eurasia | aquatic herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Hydrocharitaceae | 18 | 116 | worldwide, also marine | aquatic plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Aponogetonaceae | 1 | 50 | tropical and warm temperate regions, excl. Americas | aquatic plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Scheuchzeriaceae | 1 | 1 | N. hemisphere, temperate to arctic | small herbs of marshy places |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Juncaginaceae | 3 | 30 | worldwide | herbs often growing in saline marshy places |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Maundiaceae | 1 | 1 | E. Australia | rosette herb |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Posidoniaceae | 1 | 9 | only marine, Mediterranean, temperate Australia | marine "grasses" |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Ruppiaceae | 1 | 10 | worldwide | submerged aquatic plants growing in saline to fresh water |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Cymodoceaceae | 5 | 16 | only marine, worlwide | marine "grasses" |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Zosteraceae | 2 | 14 | only martine, temperate and subtropical waters | marine "grasses" |
info F | Monocotyledons | Alismatales | Potamogetonaceae | 4 | 120 | worldwide, esp. temperate | aquatic plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Petrosaviales | Petrosaviaceae | 2 | 4 | Japan and China, W. Malesia | leafless achlorophyllous herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Dioscoreales | Nartheciaceae | 5 | 41 | N.W. Europe, E. Asia, Caucasus, W. and E. Nort America, Venezuela and Guiana and scattered in W. Malesia | herbaceous plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Dioscoreales | Burmanniaceae | 14 | 150 | pantropical (some subtropical), esp. South America | rather small, often echlorophyllous herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Dioscoreales | Dioscoreaceae | 5 | 820 | pantropical | more or less herbaceous plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Pandanales | Velloziaceae | 5 | 240 | South America and Africa-Madagascar to Arabia, China (Acanthochlamys) | xeromorphic and sometimes tree-like monocots |
info F | Monocotyledons | Pandanales | Stemonaceae | 4 | 27 | China and Japan to Australia, S.E. U. S. A. (Croomia) | herbaceous plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Pandanales | Triuridaceae | 11 | 50 | pantropical | mostly rather small and delicate echlorophyllous mycoheterotrophic plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Pandanales | Pandanaceae | 4 | 885 | tropical regions, excl. Americas | woody plants with long, ridged, spiny-toothed leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons | Pandanales | Cyclanthaceae | 12 | 225 | C. and tropical South America | more or less herbaceous |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Corsiaceae | 3 | 30 | S. China, S. South America, Papuasia-Australia | echlorophyllous mycoheterotrophic herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Campynemataceae | 2 | 4 | New Caledonia and Tasmania | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Petermanniaceae | 1 | 1 | E. Australia | rhizomatous woody climbers |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Colchicaceae | 15 | 245 | temperate to tropical, but not in South America | cormose or sometimes rhizomatous geophytes |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Alstroemeriaceae | 5 | 170 | South America, Australia, New Zealand | herbaceous |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Melanthiaceae | 16 | 170 | N. temperate, esp. E. Asia and E. North America, to Peru | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Liliaceae | 15 | 610 | N. temperate, esp. E. Asia and North America | geophytes |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Smilacaceae | 1 | 250 | pantropical to temperate | often prickly climbers |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Philesiaceae | 2 | 2 | S. Chile | more or less epiphytic rather woody shrubs or vines |
info F | Monocotyledons | Liliales | Ripogonaceae | 1 | 6 | New Zealand, E. Australia, New Guinea | climbers that often have prickly stems, but no tendrils |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Orchidaceae | 880 | 27800 | worldwide | mycorrhizal herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Boryaceae | 2 | 12 | Australia | xeromorphic, some being resurrection plants |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Blandfordiaceae | 1 | 4 | E. Australia, Tasmania | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Lanariaceae | 1 | 1 | S. Africa | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Asteliaceae | 3 | 31 | New Zealand to New Guinea, Pacific Islands E. to Hawaii, Chile, the Mascarene | herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Hypoxidaceae | 7 | 220 | pantropical to temperate, esp. S. Africa | herbs, geophytes |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Ixioliriaceae | 1 | 3 | Egypt to C. Asia | cormose herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Tecophilaeaceae | 7 | 25 | Africa, Chile, and the U.S.A. (Odontostomum) | cormose herbs sometimes with broad-bladed, petiolate leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Doryanthaceae | 1 | 2 | E. Australia | massive, tufted, perennial monocots |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Iridaceae | 66 | 2105 | worldwide | herbs, often two-ranked, isobifacial leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Xeronemataceae | 1 | 2 | New Zealand and New Caledonia | large herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Asphodelaceae | 41 | 900 | esp. Old World, not Arctic, W. South America, Australia | dense tuft of long, narrow leaves terminating a stout, woody stem |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Amaryllidaceae | 73 | 1605 | worldwide | usually bulbous herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons | Asparagales | Asparagaceae | 153 | 2500 | worldwide | variable habitat |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Arecales | Dasypogonaceae | 4 | 16 | Australia | herbs with thick pseudo-trunk and cluster of long, slender leaves on top |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Arecales | Arecaceae | 188 | 2585 | tropics and subtropics, Africa is relatively depauperate | palm trees, herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Typhaceae | 2 | 25 | worldwide | often robust, rhizomatous herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Bromeliaceae | 57 | 3350 | (Sub)tropical America; W. tropical Africa | plants rosette-forming |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Rapateaceae | 16 | 94 | tropical South America, W. Africa (one species) | rosette herbs with mucilage in the leaf rosettes |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Eriocaulaceae | 6 | 1160 | pantropical to temperate, but esp. Guyana Highlands and S.E. Brasil | nearly always rosette plants |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Xyridaceae | 5 | 260 | pantropical | rosette plants that often have two-ranked, isobifacial leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Mayacaceae | 1 | 10 | tropical Americas, 1 sp. from Africa | small herbs of marshes |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Thurniaceae | 2 | 4 | South Africa and Guyana region, Amazonia | yucca-like herbs with erect, leafy stems, serrate leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Juncaceae | 7 | 430 | worldwide | glabrous (Luzula excepted) caespitose herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Cyperaceae | 98 | 5680 | worldwide, esp. temeperate regions | herbs with solid, often sharply three-angled stems |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Restionaceae | 64 | 545 | warm temperate S. hemisphere, mostly Australia and S. Africa | quite large rush-like herbs with very much reduced leaves, some small more or less caespitose herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Flagellariaceae | 1 | 5 | Palaeotropics, to the Pacific Islands and N. Australia | robust, climbing or scrambling rather grass-like plants |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Joinvilleaceae | 1 | 2 | Malay Peninsula to the Pacific | robust, grass-like plants with plicate leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Ecdeiocoleaceae | 2 | 3 | S.W. Australia | robust, grass-like plants |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Poales | Poaceae | 707 | 11337 | worldwide | grasses |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Commelinales | Hanguanaceae | 1 | 14 | Sri Lanka, S. E. Asia to Palau and N. Australia | robust terrestrial herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Commelinales | Commelinaceae | 40 | 652 | tropical and temperate | herbs with rather soft and fleshy leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Commelinales | Philydraceae | 4 | 5 | Australia (all genera) to S. E. Asia | robust rosette herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Commelinales | Haemodoraceae | 6 | 39 | tropics and warm temperate regions, rather scattered | perennial herbs, two-ranked and isobifacial leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Commelinales | Pontederiaceae | 9 | 33 | tropics, also temperate, esp. New World | aquatic or marsh herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Musaceae | 2 | 41 | Africa, Himalayas to S. E. Asia, Philippines and N. Australia | large herbs with spiral, shortly-petiolate leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Heliconiaceae | 1 | 200 | mostly tropical America, a few Celebes to the Pacific | large herbs with two-ranked leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Strelitziaceae | 3 | 7 | tropical South America, E. S. Africa, Madagascar | large herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Lowiaceae | 1 | 20 | S. China to Borneo | large herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Cannaceae | 1 | 10 | New World (sub)tropics | large herbs with shortly-petiolate leaves |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Marantaceae | 31 | 550 | tropics, esp. American, not in Australia | often robust herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Costaceae | 6 | 110 | pantropical, esp. America and Papuasia-Australia | large herbs |
info F | Monocotyledons (Commelinids) | Zingiberales | Zingiberaceae | 52 | 1340 | pan(sub)tropical, esp. South East Asia-Malesia | usually large and often aromatic rhizomatous herbs |
info F | sister of eudicots | Ceratophyllales | Ceratophyllaceae | 1 | 6 | worldwide | water plants with whorled, spiny-toothed leaves |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Eupteleaceae | 1 | 2 | E. Asia | deciduous trees with short shoots |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Papaveraceae | 44 | 825 | largely N. temperate, further Andes, N. and S. Africa | usually herbs |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Circaeasteraceae | 2 | 1 | India (Himalayas), W. ans N.W. China | small herbs |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Lardizabalaceae | 7 | 40 | S.E. Asia and Chile | usually lianes |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Menispermaceae | 70 | 442 | pantropical | lianes (vines), climbing by twining |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Berberidaceae | 14 | 701 | mostly E. Asia and E. North America, also South America, a few species general N. temperate, scattered in Africa | herbs or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots | Ranunculales | Ranunculaceae | 62 | 2525 | worldwide, most temperate | sually herbaceous habit |
info F | Eudicots | Proteales | Sabiaceae | 3 | 140 | S. E. Asia to Malesia, tropical America | evergreen trees or lianes |
info F | Eudicots | Proteales | Nelumbonaceae | 1 | 2 | temperate E. North America, E. and S.E. Asia | water plants |
info F | Eudicots | Proteales | Platanaceae | 1 | 10 | N. hemisphere | deciduous trees |
info F | Eudicots | Proteales | Proteaceae | 80 | 1615 | largely S. hemisphere, esp. Australia and S. Africa | trees or (acaulescent) shrubs |
info F | Eudicots | Trochodendrales | Trochodendraceae | 2 | 2 | China, Nepal, Japan to N. Taiwan | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots | Buxales | Buxaceae | 7 | 100 | very scattered, tropical as well as temperate | monoecious evergreen herbs to small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core | Gunnerales | Gunneraceae | 1 | 50 | scattered, S. hemisphere | sometimes huge herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core | Gunnerales | Myrothamnaceae | 1 | 2 | Africa and Madagascar | vegetatively very distinctive aromatic shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core | Dilleniales | Dilleniaceae | 11 | 500 | tropical and warm temperate | trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Peridiscaceae | 4 | 11 | South America, tropical W. Africa | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Paeoniaceae | 1 | 33 | N. temperate, especially East Asia | perennial herbs or shrublets |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Altingiaceae | 1 | 13 | scattered, E. Mediterranean, East Asia, Malesia, Central America | monoecious, deciduous trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Hamamelidaceae | 27 | 82 | tropical to temperate, esp. East Asia to Australia | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Cercidiphyllaceae | 1 | 2 | China and Japan | deciduous trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Daphniphyllaceae | 1 | 10 | S.E. Asia | evergreen trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Crassulaceae | 34 | 1400 | worldwide, esp. the Cape region and Mexico | succulent herbs to soft-stemmed shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Aphanopetalaceae | 1 | 2 | W. and E. Australia | more or less scrambling shrubs with prominently lenticellate stems |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Tetracarpaeaceae | 1 | 1 | Tasmania | subalpine shrubs with shortly-petiolate, strongly-toothed, leathery leaves |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Penthoraceae | 1 | 2 | E. and S. E. Asia, E. North America | fleshy herbs with spiral, serrate leaves |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Haloragaceae | 9 | 145 | worldwide, esp. Australia | rather small, usually monoecious, often more or less herbaceous plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Iteaceae | 1 | 21 | Mexico, S.E. Asia to W. Malesia, E. North America, E. and S. Africa | trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Grossulariaceae | 1 | 150 | temperate N. hemisphere, also along the Andes | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Saxifragaceae | 33 | 600 | mostly N. temperate and Arctic, mountains ot tropics | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids | Saxifragales | Cynomoriaceae | 1 | 2 | Mediterranean to C. Asia | echlorophyllous, root parasite |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids | Vitales | Vitaceae | 14 | 850 | pantropical and (warm) temperate | often vines, some trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Zygophyllales | Krameriaceae | 1 | 18 | S.W. U.S.A. to Chile | hemiparasitic shrubs or herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Zygophyllales | Zygophyllaceae | 22 | 325 | dry and warm temperate, tropical | herbs to trees, often grow in more or less arid and saline conditions |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Celastrales | Lepidobotryaceae | 1 | 1 | W. Africa | tree |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Celastrales | Celastraceae | 94 | 1400 | worldwide | variable group of herbs to trees, also lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Huaceae | 2 | 3 | tropical Africa | evergreen plants, usually trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Connaraceae | 12 | 180 | pantropical, esp. Old World | mostly woody lianes that twine in the apical parts of the innovations |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Oxalidaceae | 6 | 770 | worldwide, esp. tropical and subtropical | variable group of herbs to trees, also lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Cunoniaceae | 29 | 280 | S. hemisphere, tropical and warm temperate | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Elaeocarpaceae | 12 | 605 | S. hemisphere, exc. Africa, tropical and warm temperate | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Brunelliaceae | 1 | 55 | Central and South America and the Antilles; more or less montane | everygreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Oxalidales | Cephalotaceae | 1 | 1 | S.W. Australia | insectivorous herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Ctenolophonaceae | 1 | 3 | W. Africa, Malesia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Erythroxylaceae | 4 | 240 | pantropical, esp. American | shrubs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Rhizophoraceae | 16 | 149 | pantropical | shrubs to trees, some have have aerial prop roots |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Irvingiaceae | 4 | 12 | Africa, Madagascar; South East Asia to W. Malesia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Pandaceae | 3 | 15 | tropics, Africa, S.E. Asia, New Guinea | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Ochnaceae | 27 | 495 | pantropical, esp. Brazil | evergreen trees whose leaves are usually serrate |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Bonnetiaceae | 3 | 35 | Cambodia, Malesia (mostly Western), Cuba, South America | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Clusiaceae | 14 | 800 | pantropical | range from shrubs to trees, and some are epiphytic; many are dioecious |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Calophyllaceae | 13 | 460 | pantropical | usually trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Hypericaceae | 9 | 700 | worldwide | herbs or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Podostemaceae | 54 | 300 | tropical, esp. Americas | quintessential aquatic plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Lophopyxidaceae | 1 | 1 | Malesia to the Solomon and Caroline Islands | tendrillate lianas with quite strongly serrate leaves |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Putranjivaceae | 3 | 210 | tropical, esp. Africa and Malesia | trees to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Caryocaraceae | 2 | 27 | tropical America, esp. Amazonia | evergreen trees to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Centroplacaceae | 2 | 6 | W. Africa, Indo-Malesia | usually evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Elatinaceae | 2 | 35 | worldwide | often herbaceous plants of moist habitats |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Malpighiaceae | 68 | 1250 | tropical and subtropical, esp. American | trees, lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Balanopaceae | 1 | 9 | S.W. Pacific, especially New Caledonia | look like a Myrica, but they lack its distinctive glandular hairs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Trigoniaceae | 5 | 28 | Central and South America, Madagascar, W. Malesia | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Dichapetalaceae | 3 | 165 | Pantropical, few in Malesia | trees or often lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Euphroniaceae | 1 | 3 | the Guyana Shield | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Chrysobalanaceae | 18 | 350 | pantropical, especially American | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Humiriaceae | 8 | 50 | tropical America, W. Africa | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Achariaceae | 30 | 145 | pantropical | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Goupiaceae | 1 | 2 | C. America and N. South America | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Violaceae | 34 | 985 | worldwide | herbs, some woody |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Passifloraceae | 27 | 975 | tropical, esp. America and Africa, also warm temperate | herbaceous or woody, vines or lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Lacistemataceae | 2 | 14 | Greater Antilles (Jamaica), Mexico southwards, not in Chile | woody, evergreen plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Salicaceae | 54 | 1200 | Pantropical, also temperate to Arctic | trees, shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Peraceae | 5 | 135 | Pantropical, not East Malesia | shrubs, trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Rafflesiaceae | 3 | 20 | S. China, Assam, Bhutan, Thailand, W. Malesia | stem or root parasites on Tetrastigma (Vitaceae) |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Euphorbiaceae | 218 | 6745 | worldwide except Arctic | herbs, shrubs, trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Phyllanthaceae | 59 | 2330 | pantropical, but esp. Malesia, some temperate | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Picrodendraceae | 24 | 96 | mostly tropical | herbaceous or woody, similar to Euphorbiaceae |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Ixonanthaceae | 3 | 21 | pantropical | shrubs to high trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Malpighiales | Linaceae | 7 | 300 | worldwide | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fabales | Quillajaceae | 1 | 2 | temperate South America | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fabales | Fabaceae | 766 | 19580 | worldwide | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fabales | Surianaceae | 5 | 8 | Mostly Australian, also Mexico (Recchia), pantropical (Suriana maritima) | woody, shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fabales | Polygalaceae | 21 | 965 | worldwide, except the Arctic and New Zealand | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Rosaceae | 90 | 2520 | worldwide, but esp. N. hemisphere, often not deserts or tropical rainforest | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Rhamnaceae | 52 | 925 | worldwide, especially tropics and warm temperate regions | shrubs, trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Elaeagnaceae | 3 | 45 | North Temperate, warm tropical; Malesia and Australia | often thorny and mostly deciduous shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Barbeyaceae | 1 | 1 | N.E. Africa, Arabia | shrub |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Dirachmaceae | 1 | 2 | Socotra, Somalia | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Ulmaceae | 6 | 35 | mostly N. temperate, esp. Asian, few species tropical, not in Australia and the Pacific | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Cannabaceae | 11 | 170 | worldwide, but not Arctic | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Moraceae | 39 | 1125 | mostly tropical to warm temperate | laticiferous plants, herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Rosales | Urticaceae | 54 | 2526 | worldwide, but mainly tropical | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Anisophylleaceae | 4 | 71 | pantropical | shrubs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Corynocarpaceae | 1 | 6 | New Guinea to New Zealand | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Coriariaceae | 1 | 5 | very disjunct: circum S. Pacific to China and Himalayas, Mediterranean | subshrubs to small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Cucurbitaceae | 98 | 975 | largely tropical and subtropical, especially drier parts of Africa | vines or lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Tetramelaceae | 2 | 2 | Indo-Malesia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Datiscaceae | 1 | 2 | W. North America, Crete to India | herbaceous |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Begoniaceae | 2 | 1600 | largely tropical | succulent, herbaceous habit |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Cucurbitales | Apodanthaceae | 2 | 10 | New World from the S. W. U.S.A. southwards, S. W. Asia, S. W. Australia and E. (mostly) Africa | occur as groups of rather small, sessile flowers growing along the stems of their hosts |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Nothofagaceae | 1 | 35 | New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, New Zaeland to South America | deciduous trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Fagaceae | 7 | 670 | turopical to cold temperate N. hemisphere, Malesia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Myricaceae | 3 | 57 | scattered, worlwide | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Juglandaceae | 9 | 51 | N. temperate, also Malesia and the Andes | evergreen or deciduous trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Casuarinaceae | 4 | 95 | Madagascar, S.E. Asia and Malesia to the S.W. Pacific, esp. Australia | trees looking like a conifer |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Ticodendraceae | 1 | 1 | Central America | wind-pollinated trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Fabids | Fagales | Betulaceae | 6 | 145 | N. temperate, to Andes and Sumatra | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Geraniales | Geraniaceae | 7 | 805 | mostly temperate, some tropical | often herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Geraniales | Francoaceae | 9 | 31 | Africa, South America | perennial herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Combretaceae | 14 | 500 | largely tropical | evergreen trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Onagraceae | 22 | 655 | worldwide | herbs to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Lythraceae | 31 | 620 | tropical, but some temperate | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Vochysiaceae | 7 | 190 | lowland tropical America, apart from Erismadelphus and Korupodendron from W. Africa | trees or lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Myrtaceae | 131 | 4620 | worldwide, mostly tropical-warm temperate | aromatic plants, herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Melastomataceae | 170 | 5105 | very largely tropical, also subtropical | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Crypteroniaceae | 3 | 10 | South East Asia, Malesia, Sri Lanka | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Alzateaceae | 1 | 2 | Costa Rica to Peru | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Myrtales | Penaeaceae | 9 | 29 | E. and S. Africa, overwhelmingly South African, and St Helena | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Staphyleaceae | 2 | 45 | N. temperate, tropics in America (to Bolivia) and Malesia | shrubs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Guamatelaceae | 1 | 1 | Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras | sprawling shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Stachyuraceae | 1 | 5 | E. Asia | small trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Crossosomataceae | 4 | 12 | North America | deciduous shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Aphloiaceae | 1 | 1 | E. Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes and Seychelles | evergreen shrubs or small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Geissolomataceae | 1 | 1 | Cape Province, S. Africa | evergreen shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Crossosomatales | Strasburgeriaceae | 2 | 2 | North Island, New Zealand, New Caledonia | evergreen tree |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Picramniales | Picramniaceae | 3 | 49 | neotropical | rather small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Biebersteiniaceae | 1 | 5 | Greece to Central Asia | perennial, glandular-hairy herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Nitrariaceae | 3 | 16 | ± arid regions from North Africa to East Asia, also S.W. Australia and E. Mexico | perennial herbs to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Kirkiaceae | 1 | 8 | Tropical and S. Africa, Madagascar | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Anacardiaceae | 80 | 873 | mostly tropical, also temperate | perennial herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Burseraceae | 19 | 755 | tropical | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Sapindaceae | 140 | 1630 | worldwide | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Simaroubaceae | 22 | 110 | largery tropical, some temperate | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Rutaceae | 161 | 2070 | largely tropical | perennial herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Sapindales | Meliaceae | 50 | 705 | Pantropical, but largely Old World; plants of the lowlands | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Huerteales | Gerrardinaceae | 1 | 2 | E. and S. Africa | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Huerteales | Petenaeaceae | 1 | 1 | C. America | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Huerteales | Tapisciaceae | 2 | 5 | China, West Indies and N.W. South America | tress |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Huerteales | Dipentodontaceae | 2 | 16 | China to Malesia and N.E. Australia, Hawaii, Mexico to Bolivia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Neuradaceae | 3 | 15 | Africa to India, dry or desert areas | small herbaceous or subwoody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Thymelaeaceae | 50 | 891 | worldwide, esp. tropical Africa and Australia | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Sphaerosepalaceae | 2 | 18 | Madagascar | deciduous trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Bixaceae | 4 | 21 | pantropical | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Cistaceae | 8 | 175 | Eurasia, North Africa, North America, southern South America, esp. the Mediterranean region | herbs to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Sarcolaenaceae | 8 | 60 | Madagascar | mostly evergreen trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Dipterocarpaceae | 17 | 680 | Tropical, but overwhelmingly W. Malesian in species diversity, only one species in South America | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Cytinaceae | 2 | 10 | Mexico, Mediterranean, South Africa and Madagascar | echlorophyllous parasites |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Muntingiaceae | 3 | 3 | tropical America | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Malvales | Malvaceae | 243 | 4225 | largely tropical, also temperate | shrubs and trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Akaniaceae | 2 | 2 | S.W. China, adjacent Vietnam, Formosa (Bretschneidera sinensis), E. Australia (Akania bidwillii) | deciduous or evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Tropaeolaceae | 1 | 105 | New World, esp. Andean | herbaceous |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Moringaceae | 1 | 12 | India to Africa, Madagascar | quite stout-stemmed shrubs or trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Caricaceae | 6 | 34 | mostly tropical (Andean) America (three genera in Mexico); Africa (Cylicomorpha only) | stout-stemmed often prickly trees, rarely vines |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Setchellanthaceae | 1 | 1 | Mexico | pungent-smelling shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Limnanthaceae | 2 | 8 | temperate North America | soft-stemmed herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Koeberliniaceae | 1 | 2 | C. America and S.W. North America, Bolivia | thorny, much-branched shrubs of dry regions |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Bataceae | 1 | 2 | N. Australia and S. New Guinea, tropical America, and the Galapagos | halophytic subshrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Salvadoraceae | 3 | 11 | Africa (inc. Madagascar) to South East Asia and West Malesia, often in drier regions | rather sometimes scrambling small-leaved shrubs or small treees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Emblingiaceae | 1 | 1 | W. Australia | low-growing herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Pentadiplandraceae | 1 | 1 | tropical W. Africa | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Gyrostemonaceae | 5 | 18 | Australia, not in the north | yellowish-drying (including the twigs) shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Resedaceae | 8 | 96 | mostly Northern hemisphere, a few southern Africa | herbs to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Tovariaceae | 1 | 2 | tropical America | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Capparaceae | 16 | 480 | largely tropical | woody |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Cleomaceae | 2 | 300 | tropical and warm temperate, esp. America | herbaceous or shrubby plants with palmately compound leaves |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superrosids, Rosids, Malvids | Brassicales | Brassicaceae | 325 | 3740 | worldwide, esp. N. temperate and drier areas | most are herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Olacaceae | 29 | 170 | pantropical, warm temperate | trees, shrubs and lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Loranthaceae | 77 | 950 | tropical or subtropical | usually stem parasites |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Misodendraceae | 1 | 8 | cool temperate South America | stem parasites |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Schoepfiaceae | 3 | 55 | Central and South America, a few species in tropical South East Asia-West Malesia | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Opiliaceae | 11 | 36 | pantropical | root parasitic trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Santalaceae | 44 | 990 | worldwide, esp. tropics | herbs to trees, parasites |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Santalales | Balanophoraceae | 16 | 42 | mostly tropical | echlorophyllous yellow to red or brown root parasites |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Berberidopsidales | Aextoxicaceae | 1 | 1 | C. Chile | dioecious evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Berberidopsidales | Berberidopsidaceae | 2 | 3 | Chile, E. Australia | woody scramblers |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Droseraceae | 3 | 205 | worldwide | insectivorous herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Nepenthaceae | 1 | 90 | Madagascar to New Caledonia | often insectivorous plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Drosophyllaceae | 1 | 1 | Southern Iberian Peninsula, Morocco | subwoody carnivorous plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Ancistrocladaceae | 1 | 12 | tropical Africa to W. Borneo and Formosa | lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Dioncophyllaceae | 3 | 3 | tropical West Africa | herbs/shrubs, climbers, rather long rosette leaves simmilar to Nepenthes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Frankeniaceae | 1 | 90 | warm, dry areas, but scattered | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Tamaricaceae | 5 | 90 | Eurasia and Africa, esp. Mediterranean to Central Asia | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Plumbaginaceae | 29 | 836 | predominantly Mediterranean to Central Asia, scattered elsewhere | perennial herbs or shrubs, rarely climbers |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Polygonaceae | 55 | 1100 | worldwide | herbaceous or shrubby |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Rhabdodendraceae | 1 | 3 | tropical South America | smallish evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Simmondsiaceae | 1 | 1 | S.W. North America, the Sonoran Desert | evergreen shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Asteropeiaceae | 1 | 8 | Madagascar | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Physenaceae | 1 | 2 | Madagascar | shrubs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Macarthuriaceae | 1 | 10 | Australia, the periphery, esp. S.W. Australia | often rather rigid and rush-like shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Microteaceae | 1 | 9 | Central and South America, Antilles | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Caryophyllaceae | 101 | 2200 | worldwide, mostly temperate, esp. Eurasian | mostly herbs with opposite, entire leaves |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Achatocarpaceae | 2 | 7 | S.W. USA to South America | trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Amaranthaceae | 183 | 2500 | World-wide, esp. warm and dry temperate and subtropics and saline habitats | succulent, herbaceous or shrubby (lianes), often in saline conditions |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Stegnospermataceae | 1 | 3 | Central America, the Antilles | more or less scandent or sprawling plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Limeaceae | 1 | 21 | Southern Africa (most species), to Ethiopia, S. Asia | herbs or subshrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Lophiocarpaceae | 2 | 6 | Africa to western India | herbs or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Kewaceae | 1 | 8 | South Africa (most), to Ethiopia, Madagascar, and St Helena | small herbs or subshrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Barbeuiaceae | 1 | 1 | Madagascar | lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Aizoaceae | 125 | 2035 | tropical and subtropical, arid, esp. southern Africa | more or less prostrate herbs with suculent leafs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Gisekiaceae | 1 | 7 | Africa, S. Asia | prostrate herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Sarcobataceae | 1 | 2 | S.W. North America | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Phytolaccaceae | 5 | 32 | tropical and warm temperate, esp. America | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Petiveriaceae | 9 | 13 | Southern U.S.A. to South America, the Antilles, Australia, New Hebrides and New Caledonia | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Nyctaginaceae | 31 | 405 | tropical to warm temperate | herbs with swollen nodes, lianes and trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Molluginaceae | 11 | 87 | tropical, especially southern Africa, to warm temperate | herbs or subshrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Montiaceae | 14 | 225 | scattered, worldwide, esp. western North and South America, also the Antilles and the Subantarctic Islands | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Halophytaceae | 1 | 1 | Argentina | annual herb |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Didiereaceae | 7 | 16 | Madagascar, South Africa, E. Africa | often more or less stout-stemmed plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Basellaceae | 4 | 19 | Africa, New World, apparently introduced into India-East Asia | more or less succulent and viney plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Talinaceae | 3 | 27 | America and Africa, including Madagascar | herbs to (lianescent) shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Anacampserotaceae | 3 | 36 | Very scattered: C. and S. Australia, Somalia to South Africa (most species), S. South America, N. Mexico and S.W. U.S.A. | often rather small, fleshy plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Portulacaceae | 1 | 100 | worldwide, but especially tropical and subtropical North and South America | succulent herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids | Caryophyllales | Cactaceae | 139 | 1866 | nearly all New World, esp. arid conditions | stout and very fleshy stems, axillary areoles of spines and hairs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Cornaceae | 2 | 85 | scattered, not S. South America | trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Grubbiaceae | 1 | 3 | Cape Province, S. Africa | ericoid shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Curtisiaceae | 1 | 1 | S. Africa | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Nyssaceae | 5 | 22 | Mainly East Asia, also Indo-Malesia and E. North America | trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Hydrostachyaceae | 1 | 20 | C. and S. Africa, Madagascar | submerged, rosette-forming, aquatic herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Hydrangeaceae | 9 | 270 | warm temperate, some species in tropics | usually rather robust herbs, shrubs or climbers |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Cornales | Loasaceae | 20 | 265 | mostly American, but also Africa and the Marquesas Islands | usually herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Marcgraviaceae | 7 | 130 | New World tropics | often lianas |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Balsaminaceae | 2 | 1001 | cool temperate to tropical, not C. and South America or Oceania | annual herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Tetrameristaceae | 3 | 5 | W. Malesia, Central and N. South America | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Polemoniaceae | 18 | 385 | N. temperate, W. North America, South America | herbs, or sometimes shrubs or lianas |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Fouquieriaceae | 1 | 11 | S.W. North America | little-branched shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Lecythidaceae | 25 | 350 | tropical, especially America and W. Africa | usually trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Sladeniaceae | 2 | 3 | S.E. Asia, tropical E. Africa | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Pentaphylacaceae | 112 | 345 | tropical and subtropical, but few in Africa | shrubs or trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Sapotaceae | 53 | 1100 | pantropical | trees and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Ebenaceae | 4 | 553 | tropical (to temperate) | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Primulaceae | 58 | 2590 | worldwide | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Mitrastemonaceae | 1 | 2 | South East Asia, Malesia, Central America, N.W. South America, scattered | root parasites |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Theaceae | 9 | 460 | tropical regions, mostly South East Asia and S.E. U.S.A., Malesia and tropical South America | shrubs or trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Symplocaceae | 2 | 320 | tropical to subtropical, inc. New Caledonia, not Africa | shrubs or trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Styracaceae | 11 | 160 | Warm N. temperate to tropical | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Diapensiaceae | 6 | 18 | Circum-Arctic (Diapensia lapponica only) and scattered N. temperate, esp. East Asia and E. U.S.A. | herbs or subshrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Sarraceniaceae | 3 | 32 | E. and W. U.S.A. and the Guayana Highlands | herbaceous, insectivorous pitcher plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Actinidiaceae | 3 | 380 | largely tropical, esp. South East Asia to Malesia, but not Africa | vines, shrubs, small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Roridulaceae | 1 | 2 | S. Africa | shrub, carnivorous |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Clethraceae | 2 | 75 | E. Asia to Malesia, S.E. U.S.A. (sect. Clethra), Mexico southwards, Cuba, 1 sp. on Madeira | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Cyrillaceae | 2 | 2 | S. U.S.A. to N. South America | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids | Ericales | Ericaceae | 126 | 4010 | boreal to warm temperate, also montane tropics, very rare in lowland tropics | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Icacinales | Icacinaceae | ? | ? | ||
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Icacinales | Oncothecaceae | ? | ? | ||
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Metteniusales | Metteniusaceae | ? | ? | ||
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Garryales | Garryaceae | 2 | 17 | W. North America, Central America, the Greater Antilles and East Asia | evergreen, woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Garryales | Eucommiaceae | 1 | 1 | Central China | trees, deciduous |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Gentianales | Rubiaceae | 611 | 13150 | worldwide, but largely tropical, especially Madagascar and the Andes | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Gentianales | Loganiaceae | 13 | 420 | pantropical, esp. Australia and New Caledonia | herbs to shrubs and lianes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Gentianales | Gelsemiaceae | 2 | 11 | ± pantropical | shrubs and trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Gentianales | Gentianaceae | 99 | 1740 | worldwide, but especially temperate, about half the genera in South America | herbs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Gentianales | Apocynaceae | 400 | 4555 | largely tropical to warm temperate | herbs to evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Vahliales | Vahliaceae | 1 | 8 | Africa and Madagascar to India | shruby herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Solanales | Montiniaceae | 3 | 5 | Africa and Madagascar | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Solanales | Sphenocleaceae | 1 | 2 | Old World tropics | erect fleshy annuals of damp or flooded habitats |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Solanales | Hydroleaceae | 1 | 12 | tropical, warm temperat | more or less shrubby plants growing near or even in water |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Solanales | Convolvulaceae | 57 | 1880 | worldwide | usually viny habit, some parasitic |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Solanales | Solanaceae | 102 | 2460 | worldwide, but overwhelmingly tropical America | quite often rather foetid herbs or weak shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Boraginales | Boraginaceae | 148 | 2740 | worldwide | usually herbs, but also shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Plocospermataceae | 1 | 1 | C. America | shrubby plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Carlemanniaceae | 2 | 5 | E. Nepal eastwards to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.W. China, Sumatra | perennial herbs or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Oleaceae | 24 | 615 | more or less worldwide, especially East Asia | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Tetrachondraceae | 2 | 3 | Patagonia, New Zealand (Tetrachondra), S. U.S.A. to South America (Polypremum procumbens) | perennial erect to prostrate herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Calceolariaceae | 2 | 260 | upland tropical and W. temperate South America, Brasil, also New Zealand | herbs or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Gesneriaceae | 148 | 3460 | largely tropical | herbs or rather soft-stemmed shrubs or small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Plantaginaceae | 90 | 1900 | worldwide, mostly temperate | usually herbs, some shruby, some aquatics |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Scrophulariaceae | 59 | 1880 | worldwide | herbs to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Stilbaceae | 11 | 39 | most S. Africa, the Cape Province, also to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes and Arabia | ericoid shrubs, ordinary shrubs, or herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Byblidaceae | 1 | 8 | W. and N. Australia, S. New Guinea | ephemeral herbs to rhizomatous and almost shrubby plants, carnivorous |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Linderniaceae | 7 | 225 | pantropical to warm temperate | often rather small herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Pedaliaceae | 15 | 70 | mostly Old World tropical, in coastal or arid habitats | herbs or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Martyniaceae | 5 | 16 | tropical and subtropical America, rather scattered | herbs with sticky hairs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Acanthaceae | 220 | 4000 | mostly tropical | herbs, shrubs, vines or trees (of mangroves) |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Bignoniaceae | 110 | 800 | mainly tropical, esp. South America | woody, trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Schlegeliaceae | 4 | 28 | Mexico to tropical, esp. N.W., South America, Antilles | most are epiphytes |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Lentibulariaceae | 3 | 300 | worldwide | vegetatively-diverse, perennial insectivorous herbs of wet habitats |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Thomandersiaceae | 1 | 6 | W. and C. Africa | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Verbenaceae | 31 | 918 | pantropical (to warm temperate), but mostly New World, esp. S. South America | vines, shrubs, or trees (perennial to annual herbs) |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Lamiaceae | 236 | 7176 | worldwide | herbs (trees, vines) |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Mazaceae | 3 | 33 | C. Asia and . China to the Antipodes, rather scattered, but esp. China | annual or perennial herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Phrymaceae | 13 | 188 | ± worldwide, esp. temperate and W. North America and Australia, but few humid tropics | annual or perennial herbs (woody) |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Paulowniaceae | 2 | 8 | E. Asia to E. Malesia | deciduous trees to climbers |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Lamiids | Lamiales | Orobanchaceae | 99 | 2060 | worldwide, but especially N. (warm) temperate and Africa-Madagascar | herbs, rarely shrubs, nearly all members of the family have a holo- or hemiparasitic life-style |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Aquifoliales | Cardiopteridaceae | 5 | 43 | tropics, inc. the Pacific, to Taiwan | herbs to shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Aquifoliales | Stemonuraceae | 12 | 95 | tropics, esp. Indo-Malesia to Australia (Queensland) and the West Pacific | woody plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Aquifoliales | Aquifoliaceae | 1 | 405 | ± worldwide, esp. America and South East Asia-Malesia, two species in Africa, three in Europe, one in Australia | shrubs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Aquifoliales | Phyllonomaceae | 1 | 4 | Americas - Mexico to Peru | shrubs or small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Aquifoliales | Helwingiaceae | 1 | 3 | Asia - Himalayas to Japan | evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Rousseaceae | 4 | 13 | Mauritius, scattered from New Guinea to New Zealand and Australia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Campanulaceae | 84 | 2380 | worldwide | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Pentaphragmataceae | 1 | 30 | S. E. Asia to Malesia, esp. W. Malesia | rather fleshy herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Alseuosmiaceae | 4 | 10 | New Guinea, E. Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia | ± woody |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Phellinaceae | 1 | 12 | New Caledonia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Argophyllaceae | 2 | 21 | S.W. Pacific, including Rapa, Australia, New Zaeland | shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Stylidiaceae | 2 | 245 | scattered in South East Asia to New Zealand, S. South America, but mostly Australia | usually rosette or tussock herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Menyanthaceae | 5 | 58 | worldwide | aquatic plants with more or less orbicular or palmately-compound leaves |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Goodeniaceae | 12 | 430 | very largely Australian, Scaevola alone pantropical | more or less herbaceous plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Calyceraceae | 4 | 60 | South America | herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Asterales | Asteraceae | 1620 | 25040 | worldwide | herbs and shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Escalloniales | Escalloniaceae | 7 | 135 | scattered: Réunion, E. Himalayas and S. China to E. and W. Australia and New Zealand, Central and South America | shrubs or trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Bruniales | Bruniaceae | 6 | 81 | S. Africa, almost entirely the Cape Province, also KwaZulu-Natal | ericoid shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Bruniales | Columelliaceae | 2 | 5 | Costa Rica to Chile, montane in the tropical part of this area | shrubs or small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Pennantiaceae | 1 | 4 | N.E. Australia, Norfolk Island, New Zealand | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Torricelliaceae | 3 | 10 | Madagascar, S. E. Asia and W. Malesia | trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Griseliniaceae | 1 | 6 | New Zealand and S. South America | trees or shrubs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Pittosporaceae | 9 | 200 | Old World, especially Australia, tropical and warm temperate, outside the immediate Australian region, mainly Pittosporum | aromatic woody and sometimes thorny plants |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Araliaceae | 43 | 1450 | largely tropical, few temperate | often rather stout-stemmed and little-branched shrubs or trees, rarely herbs |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Myodocarpaceae | 2 | 19 | New Caledonia, E. Malesia, and Queensland, Australia | shrubs to trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Apiales | Apiaceae | 434 | 3780 | worldwide, esp. N. temperate | usually herbs, some shrubby |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Paracryphiales | Paracryphiaceae | 3 | 36 | S. W. Pacific: Philippines to New Zealand and New Caledonia | evergreen trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Dipsacales | Adoxaceae | 5 | 200 | N. temperate, tropical montane, S.E. Australia, rare in Africa | herbs to small trees |
info F | Eudicots, core, Superasterids, Asterids, Campanulids | Dipsacales | Caprifoliaceae | 42 | 890 | largely temperate/warm temperate in the N. hemisphere, some montane tropics | herbs to trees |